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package org.berlin.patterns.behavioral.visitor.realworld;

/**
 * Participates in the form visiting algorithm, and can hint that visiting should go on as normal (
 * {@link #processChildren()} returns true) or is limited to the same level (only siblings are
 * processed, {@link #processChildren()} returns false).
 * 
 * @author Pekka Enberg
 */
public interface IFormVisitorParticipant
{
	/**
	 * Should children be traversed during visiting or should only the siblings be processed.
	 * 
	 * @return <tt>true</tt> if children should be traversed during form processing; <tt>false</tt>
	 *         if only the siblings should be processed.
	 */
	boolean processChildren();
}
